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In this Thursday, Aug 5, 2021 fi le photo, Rafael Nadal, of Spain, reacts during a match against Lloyd Harris, of South Africa, at the Citi Open tennis tournament, in Washington. Rafael Nadal has pulled out of the US Open and says he will not play tennis again this year because of a nagging foot injury. (AP) Sports Latest sports scores at — http://sports.arabtimesonline.com Liverpool win again, City bounce back Leeds hold Everton

LIVERPOOL, England, Aug 21, (AP): Liverpool marked their fi rst game in front of a capacity crowd at Anfi eld in nearly 18 months by beat- ing Burnley 2-0 on Saturday, with goals by Diogo Jota and Sadio Mane earning their team a second straight win to open the season. Jota, who scored the fi rst goal in Liverpool’s 3-0 victory at Norwich last weekend, glanced in a header off a cross by left back Konstanti- nos Tsimikas in the 18th minute in front of The Kop. Mane struck home a powerful, low shot from a central position from Trent Alexander-Arnold’s deft pass in the 69th. Since the last time there was a full house at Anfi eld - in March 2020 - Liv- erpool have won the league title for the fi rst time in 30 years and relinquished it to Manchester City. So there was something of a party atmosphere for what ended up being a routine win against Burnley, which had claimed a shock victory in the same fi xture last season to end Liverpool’s 68-game

SOCCER unbeaten run at Anfi eld in the league. Tsimikas is set to lose his place in the team, with Andrew Robertson returning to fi tness after a minor ankle ligament injury. The Greek defender’s parting gift was an assist from a pinpoint delivery into the penalty box, where Jota got in front of Burnley center back Ben Mee and guided a header low past goalkeeper Nick Pope. Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah, (left), and Burnley’s Ben Mee battle for the ball during the English soccer match between Liverpool and Burnley at Anfi eld, Liverpool, England. (AP) City 5, Norwich 0 Jack Grealish scored his fi rst goal home Premier League game of the sea- ford slipped his marker, Michael Keane, From near the penalty spot, Ings’ right- since a British-record $139 million son against Everton. on the edge of the area and his ball in- footer into the top right corner left goal- move to Manchester City in a 5-0 win The Brazilian winger crashed home a side was expertly dispatched by the sup- keeper no chance. over Norwich , helping the champions second-half equalizer - his third goal in porting Klich. El Ghazi then sent Woodman the earn the fi rst points of their Premier as many games against the Toffees - as Villa 2, Newcastle 0 wrong way on the penalty, calmly fi r- League title defense. The ball defl ected Leeds twice hit back to earn their fi rst ing into the left corner. The spot kick in off the inside of the England mid- point of the new campaign. Danny Ings scored with a stunning was awarded after VAR determined that fi elder’s left leg from close range after Everton striker Dominic Calvert- bicycle kick in defender had handled fi rst-half stoppage a driven cross by Gabriel Jesus fl ew Lewin’s fi rst-half penalty was canceled Mings’ header from close range. across the face of the six-yard box. time to help Aston Newcastle’s best chance at a full- out by Mateusz Klich before the break Villa beat Newcas- That 22nd-minute goal made it 2-0 and after Demarai Gray restored the vis- capacity Villa Park came in the opening for City, which went ahead via an own- tle 2-0 . minutes, when striker Callum Wilson itors’ lead, Raphinha had the last word Anwar El Ghazi goal by when an attempted in a typically thrilling Leeds encounter. was in alone on goalkeeper Emiliano clearance by Norwich defender Grant converted a pen- Martinez but shot wide right. Wilson Elland Road was turned into a sea alty in the 63rd Hanley smashed unwittingly into the of yellow before kickoff as most home had put his team ahead last weekend goalkeeper following a cross by Jesus. minute as Villa when he scored after fi ve minutes in a fans in a capacity crowd - the fi rst here earned their fi rst Aymeric Laporte and substitutes Ra- since March 2020 - swirled fl ags found 4-2 loss to West Ham. heem Sterling and Riyad Mahrez added victory of the under their seats to mark the occasion. Premier League Palace 0, Brentford 0 further goals after halftime, continuing Everton’s Abdoulaye Doucoure’s Norwich’s tough start to its return to the season while New- Crystal Palace and Brentford played early shot fl ew wide and Leeds set a Grealish top fl ight after a 3-0 loss to Liverpool castle slumped to out an entertaining 0-0 draw at Selhurst Everton’s Richarlison, (center), battles for the ball with Leeds United play- last weekend. City bounced back from typically breathless pace. consecutive losses. Park to give Eagles coach Patrick Vieira ers during the English Premier League soccer match between Leeds Unit- a 1-0 loss at Tottenham in the opening The visitors were awarded a pen- Ings has scored in both of his matches his fi rst managerial point in the Premier ed and Everton at Elland Road, Leeds, England. (AP) round of the league season and Grealish alty after referee Darren England had with his new club, which signed him League. Both teams hit the woodwork is already looking like an integral mem- watched a replay of Liam Cooper’s tan- from Southampton using funds from the during the fi rst half, with Conor Gal- had been produced on that occasion, duo Joachim Andersen and Gallagher, ber of Pep Guardiola’s team. gle with Calvert-Lewin and the Everton sale of midfi elder Jack Grealish to Man- lagher going closest for the hosts before this contest fi nished as a stalemate with the Chelsea midfi elder who was ineligi- man coolly converted to give his side a chester City. Bryan Mbeumo also hit the crossbar for clear-cut chances lacking throughout ble to face his parent club last weekend, Leeds 2, Everton 2 30th-minute lead. The striker was left unmarked as Ty- the visitors. despite plenty of endeavor from the while Brentford were unchanged from Raphinha’s superb second-half fi nish But Leeds deservedly hit back to rone Mings rose and fl icked on a long It was the fi rst meeting between the London rivals. their impressive opening-day success clinched Leeds a 2-2 draw in their fi rst equalize before halftime. Patrick Bam- throw-in by right back Matty Cash. sides since 1977 and while six goals Vieira handed full debuts to Palace over Arsenal. Marsch wins 1st duel between American coaches No Messi as PSG edge Freiburg deal demoralizing defeat to Dortmund Brest, remain perfect BERLIN, Aug 21, (AP): Freiburg put Also, promoted Greuther Fürth drew home fans little to cheer about. Lukebakio converted the spot kick to BREST, France, Aug 21, (AP): the brakes on ’s with Arminia Bielefeld 1-1, and Bo- New signing Kevin-Prince Boateng open the scoring on the hour-mark. Paris Saint-Germain survived a early-season optimism by holding on chum earned their fi rst win in the top went off injured before halftime - a dis- Wolfsburg coach Marc van Bommel scare without Neymar and Lionel for a 2-1 win in the on Sat- fl ight after an 11-year absence with a appointing return for the 34-year-old reacted with two changes with 20 min- Messi before beating Brest 4-2 and urday, a demoralizing blow for a team 2-0 victory at home over Mainz. Berlin native whose last appearance at utes to go and again his substitutions extending their winning start in the with ambitions of challenging for the Hertha Berlin look set for another the Olympiastadion was when he won made a big impact as the team pushed French league to three games. title. long hard season after losing their the German Cup with Eintracht Frank- forward. Wolfsburg was thrown out of Substitute Angel Di Maria Goals in each half from Vincenzo opening two games despite scoring the the German Cup on Monday after van sealed the victory on a counterat- Grifo and Hungary midfi elder Roland fi rst goal in both. Bommel used too many substitutions. tack in injury time just when it Sallai gave host Freiburg its fi rst win Wolfsburg’s visit was Hertha’s SOCCER set up to looked like Brest might score an and dealt new Dortmund coach Marco fi rst game since confi rming that they equalize in the 74th, and Nmecha - one of equalizer to claim a point against Rose his fi rst league defeat after the 5-2 received the last instalment of Lars the substitutes - scored the winner in the the star-studded visitors. victory over Eintracht Frankfurt in the Windhorst’s 375-million-euro ($440 furt in 2018. 88th. Jesse Marsch won the fi rst Bundes- Though Neymar and Messi opening round last weekend. Dortmund million) investment in the club. There The home side emerged with far liga duel between teams with American weren’t ready for the game, PSG lost in the German Super Cup to Bay- wasn’t much sign of it on the fi eld. more intent for the second half but still coaches by leading Leipzig to a 4-0 win still had the likes of Kylian Mbap- PSG’s Kylian Mbappe cel- ern Munich on Tuesday. Hertha goalkeeper Alexander looked relatively harmless until VAR over Pellegrino Matarazzo’s Stuttgart . pé, Achraf Hakimi and Netherlands ebrates after scoring his side’s Netherlands forward Schwolow made a good save to deny picked up on a foul from United States As well as giving Marsch temporary midfi elder in second goal during a French made his fi rst start for Dortmund, but in the best chance of a defender John Brooks on Hertha’s bragging rights over his compatriot, the their starting lineup. League One soccer match be- it was a bad beginning overall for the lackluster fi rst half that gave the vocal Dodi Lukebakio in the penalty area. win made amends for Leipzig’s shock Messi hasn’t played since join- tween Brest and PSG at the visitors in Freiburg. 1-0 loss at coronavirus-hit Mainz in the Francis-Le Ble stadium in Brest, ing from Barcelona on Aug. 10. France. (AP) Felix Passlack’s foul on Nicolas coach’s German league debut in the The 34-year-old soccer great Höfl er gave Grifo all the opportunity opening round. missed a month of training after back for Brest in the 42nd after he needed to open the scoring with a “It was a super reaction after our de- Romain Faivre found him in space brilliant free kick in off the post in the feat last week in Mainz,” Marsch said with his heel, and the home team sixth minute. in German. “From the beginning, we SOCCER pushed for an equalizer in the sec- Jude Bellingham missed a good were clear, precise and good. We want- ond half. chance to equalize, then later hit the ed to be very intensive, very aggressive Brest forward Irvin Cardona post before Jeong Woo-yeong went against the ball, with the ball. It was re- leading Argentina to the Copa close for Freiburg. ally a great performance from us.” América title on July 10 and PSG should have scored shortly before Sallai made it 2-0 early in the second Marsch’s team had been threatening coach Mauricio Pochettino evi- Idrissa Gueye got the visitors’ third half, when Bellingham lost the ball to more than Matarazzo’s and it was no dently feels he needs more time to goal with a long-range effort inside Höfl er, who sent it on to Jeong. Lucas surprise when Dominik Szoboszlai fi - prepare for his French debut. Messi the left post in the 72nd. Höler laid Jeong’s cross off for Sallai nally made the breakthrough in the 38th trained with the team last week Steve Mounié set up a frenetic fi - to score. minute. The Hungarian forward let fl y but isn’t yet match fi t. Ander Her- nale with Brest’s second goal in the Passlack forced an own-goal from from a diffi cult angle inside the far post rera opened the scoring in the 23rd 85th. Di Maria quashed the home in the 59th, and Dort- for his fi rst Bundesliga goal. Szoboszlai minute when Brest’s defense could fans’ hopes of a surprise result with mund kept pushing for more. had arrived at Leipzig in January but only half-clear Mbappé’s cross. his late goal. Gio Reyna sent on missed half a season due to injury. The Herrera returned the ball from the Pochettino will be concerned his way but the Norwegian fi red over in 20-year-old Szoboszlai scored on his de- edge of the penalty area with a vol- about conceding two goals, howev- the 68th, and Dortmund’s late pressure but in the German Cup this month. ley that fl ew in off the left post. er. PSG have now conceded fi ve in failed to yield an equalizer. Emil Forsberg made it 2-0 seconds Mbappé capitalized on some three games for the fi rst time since Wolfsburg substitute Lukas Nmecha after the interval when André Silva laid more poor defending to head the 2004. Marquinhos and new signing scored late for a 2-1 win at Hertha Ber- Dortmund’s Erling Haaland, (right), and Freiburg’s battle the ball off with his heel for the Sweden visitors’ second goal in the 36th. Sergio Ramos are both still work- lin and Eintracht Frankfurt drew with for the ball during the Bundesliga soccer match between SC Freiburg and midfi elder to fi nish past Florian Müller But Franck Honorat pulled one ing their way back to fi tness. Augsburg 0-0. Borussia Dortmund at Schwarzwald-Stadion in Freiburg, Germany. (AP) in the Stuttgart goal.

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